SUPREME COURT ADVOCATES AND TOP IP LITIGATORS RONALD COLEMAN and JOEL MACMULL JOIN MANDELBAUM SALSBURG
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Mandelbaum Salsburg P.C. is pleased to announce that Ronald D. Coleman, a preeminent intellectual property and appellate lawyer, has joined the Firm as a Partner in its Roseland, New Jersey office. Mr. Coleman, who will Chair the Firm’s Intellectual Property & Brand Management Practice Group, was formerly a partner at Archer Greiner, P.C. He is joining Mandelbaum with his longtime friend and colleague Joel G. MacMull who is also a Partner and will serve as Vice Chair of the Group.
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Ronald Coleman
is well known in the litigation and intellectual property world being the author of one of the most influential blogs in IP law, Likelihood of Confusion (
www.likelihoodofconfusion.com
) and for his involvement in numerous cases that have influenced the course of trademark law and influence the shape of the Internet business landscape. Recently named a 2017 Global Intellectual Property Leader by
World IP Review
, Mr. Coleman, who is AV-rated by Martindale, has also been named as a
World Trademark Review
“WTR 1000 Top Practitioner” for trademark litigation in New York City the last two years, and a “Super Lawyer” for intellectual property litigation in New York City every year since 2012. An experienced first-chair litigator and appellate advocate, he has also been recognized for his pioneering use of social media in tandem with his practice. Ron has tried numerous cases to verdicts in jury and bench trials in the state and federal courts in the state and federal courts in New Jersey and New York, as well as in federal courts throughout the U.S. He has appeals before the U.S. Courts of Appeal in the Second, Third, Ninth and Federal Circuits, Trademark Trial and Appeals Board of the Patent and Trademark Office and the appellate divisions in both New York and New Jersey. Ron led the effort, from proceedings in the USPTO through oral argument before the Federal Circuit, to register THE SLANTS as a trademark on behalf of Asian American band leader Simon Tam. In June 2017 the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Mr. Tam’s favor, finding viewpoint-based restrictions on trademark registration unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
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Joel MacMull
, who was also heavily involved in the landmark
Tam
case, focuses his practice on high-stakes complex commercial litigation and intellectual property disputes, including copyright and trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, false advertising, “cybersquatting,” rights of publicity, as well as general contract and business tort disputes. Joel has tried and argued cases in state and federal courts, as well as before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Joel also has significant appellate experience. He has represented such clients as America Online, Inc., The Princeton Club of New York, PlentyofFish.com and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a frequent speaker on a variety of intellectual property topics and has appeared on Bloomberg Radio. He was the recipient of the International Trademark Association’s 2017 Volunteer Service Award for Pro Bono Services.
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Mandelbaum Salsburg
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Roseland, NJ 07068
973.736.4600
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